MONTPELLIER (ANP) - In het zuiden van Frankrijk geldt code rood vanwege veel wateroverlast en overstromingen. Volgens Weeronline viel er lokaal meer dan 330 millimeter regen. Het gaat om de departementen Gard en HĂ©rault tussen de Spaanse grens en de rivier de RhĂŽne.
In Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, in het departement Gard, viel tot nu toe ruim 330 millimeter regen. Ook in Colognac kwam zo'n 300 millimeter naar beneden, aldus het weerbureau. In Nederland vallen dit soort hoeveelheden normaal gesproken in vier maanden tijd.
De regen valt in bergachtig gebied en kan tot overstromingen leiden. In Montpellier is code oranje van kracht.
Ook donderdag is er in deze gebieden nog kans op zeer zware buien die regionaal veel regen kunnen veroorzaken. "Er zijn modelberekeningen die uitkomen op een totaal van 400 millimeter", stelt Weeronline. Pas in het weekend neemt de kans op buien af en wordt het weer droger en zonniger.
LONDEN (ANP) - De Britse overheid vermoedt dat Iran een rol speelde bij het incident bij de luchtmachtbasis bij Fairford afgelopen zondag. Dat zegt premier Andy Burnham in een interview met de BBC. "We zullen er te zijner tijd meer over zeggen, maar we kunnen bevestigen dat we vermoeden dat Iran betrokken was", aldus Burnham.
Vijf Britse mannen werden zondag opgepakt en drie witte busjes niet ver van de luchthaven werden door de explosievendienst gecontroleerd. Verder is er nog weinig bekend over het incident.
TEL AVIV (ANP) - Het toestel van flydubai met daarin de inzittenden van het vliegtuig waarin eerder op de dag een gevecht was uitgebroken in de cockpit, is volgens internationale media geland in Tel Aviv. De vlucht zou zijn geëscorteerd door Israëlische gevechtsvliegtuigen.
Op beelden bij de BBC is te zien hoe in de ontvangsthal Israëlische militairen klaarstaan om passagiers op te vangen. Buiten de luchthaven staan ambulances klaar.
Op een flydubai-vlucht van Dubai naar Tel Aviv brak woensdag een gevecht uit in de cockpit tussen de twee piloten. Een van hen zou de ander hebben neergestoken, volgens Israël in een poging het toestel te doen neerstorten. Dat kon worden verhinderd, waarna een meereizende pilotenploeg het toestel een noodlanding liet maken in het Saudische Tabuk. De aanvaller kon worden gearresteerd en wordt ondervraagd, aldus de Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu eerder op woensdag.
Eerder werd gemeld dat Saudi-Arabië een Israëlisch voorstel om repatriëringsvluchten te sturen, zou hebben afgewezen.
French president, speaking alongside Spanish counterpart Pedro SĂĄnchez, says EU bid would be good news for UK and Europeans
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has reacted warmly to Andy Burnhamâs suggestion that the UK could rejoin the EU.
âWelcome back,â the French leader said in English with a smile at a news conference in Madrid on Wednesday. Macron continued in French: âIf the British want to come back and if the prime minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news, both for his country and for the Europeans.â
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Renée Slegers makes just two changes from the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea, with Misa Rodriguez in goal ahead of Anneke Borbe, while Lotte Wubben-Moy replaces Steph Catley in defence. Catley, like Chloe Kelly, is injured and did not travel for the game.
Paris FC (4-2-3-1): Chavas; NâDongala, Hocine, Greboval, Liaigre; Le Moguedec, Korosec; Reynders, Toloba, Mateo (c); Viens.
Subs: Seweryn, Mendonca, Baquerizo, Diaz, Corboz, Traore, Scott, Sangare, Picard, Ishizaka, Torres, Mendy.
Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov said in February that his ministry was restoring more than 20,000 civil defense facilities nationwide.
Experts blame the nationwide spate of killings on climate change and human incompetence.
Een gedeelte van de gepensioneerde Rotterdammers maakt wellicht toch weer kans op voortzetting van het gratis reizen in het openbaar vervoer in de daluren. De RET onderzoekt na een gesprek met wethouder Chantal Zeegers (D66) of een regeling mogelijk is voor aow'ers met een inkomen van 110 procent van het wettelijk sociaal minimum.
“Sky burial is a funeral practice in which a corpse is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements, or to be eaten by scavenging animals.â (CW: there are some potentially upsetting photos on that page.)
Overal is te horen hoe machtig en mogelijk zelfs gevaarlijk kunstmatige intelligentie kan zijn. De roep om âvangrailsâ wordt steeds luider. Net als in andere landen denkt Nederland na over een AI-veiligheidsinstituut. Wat kost dat en wat is daar voor nodig?
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George Russell cut Kimi Antonelliâs championship lead from 81 points to 66 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, bringing him back into the title race conversation after he had ruled himself out of it. Can the Briton build on that swing at the Bahrain Grand Prix and beyond, and become a genuine contender once more? F1.com runs through the factors working in his favourâŠ
Hailing from the French West Indies in the Caribbeanâspecifically the island of Guadeloupeâand currently based in MontrĂ©al, multi-disciplinary artist Eddy Firmin is deeply interested in the history and politics of colonization and identity. His home region’s inextricable ties to the dark legacy of slavery informs a practice that interrogates how knowledge is shared and passed down through generations.
Throughout more than three centuries, upwards of 20 million or more people were transported to the Western Hemisphere to be sold as slaves in what is now viewed as one of the most atrocious crimes against humanity ever perpetrated. Millions died due to exhaustion, disease, and brutal transport and living conditions.
Chattel slavery was particularly extreme in the Caribbean, where roughly 40 percent of those taken from African were put to work on sugar cane plantations owned by European capitalists. Myriad African traditions crossed the Atlantic with members of their displaced communities, taking on new forms and evolving into tools for resistance.
One of these traditions is known as Gwoka, an Afro-Caribbean custom that involves music, dance, and storytelling. It continues today in contemporary form, taking place during festivals and other events, furthering a legacy of resilience that enslaved people drew on for mutual support and perseverance.
In Gwoka and similar artistic endeavors, technical ability and aesthetics “aim to seduce and mesmerize, while the hidden message fosters resistance to dominant discourse in the arts as in the social space,” Firmin says in a statement. Music and the way it’s broadcasted continues thematically in a large-scale collaborative work made with Afro-Caribbean and Franco-Canadian artist GĂ©raldine Entiope titled “Pa ka tann ?!” A vibrant, elaborately patterned DJ booth with monumental speakers is set on top of a small car, from which Caribbean music can be played and celebrated.
The artist often works with ceramics, recontextualizing symbolic motifs and patterns and testing our associations with materials and their applications. Punching bags and tools are made of porcelain, while sculptures drawing on the African masking traditions are paired with glossy corporate branding.
Busts of Black men, often depicting Firmin himself, mirror the types of marble and alabaster sculptures that historically honored affluent or influential European figures. In the artist’s reimagining, we are confronted by uneasy, contemporary relationships. The self-portrait titled “Sans Signe” (“Without Sign”), for instance, portrays a man with a metal collar around his neck and the seemingly incongruent monogram pattern of Louis Vuitton emblazoned across his face. Eyes closed, he may even be blinded.
The public occasionally scrutinizes fashion brands’ ethics, such as the enormous backlash Nike faced in the 1990s due to its reliance on overseas sweatshops. But most people never see or even think about how the products they purchase are made. Just because it’s not immediately apparent doesn’t mean that the corporate messaging and reliance on material possessions isn’t altering the very fabric of global society. Firmin prompts us to consider how much agency anyone has in a capitalist system where enormous wealth increasingly concentrates for a slim few while most people struggle to get by.
The artist also interprets consumerism as yet another colonizing force: when corporate interests and the demand for manufactured goods increasingly influence daily life, what happens to local and Indigenous customs, value systems, creativity, and autonomy? Here, shackles serve as a stark reminder of both a grim past and a present peril.
If you’re in Toronto, a few of Firmin’s works will go on view starting October 9 in the exhibition After the Island: Caribbean Canadian Ceramics at the Gardiner Museum. See more and follow updates on the artist’s Instagram.
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The United States Postal Service is running a pilot program to put cameras in its mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads and signs, map roadways and sidewalks, and improve “community safety,” according to a letter posted by a labor union and a statement from the agency to 404 Media. The idea is that, since the trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation.
“The purpose of this pilot is to leverage the Postal Service’s unique ability to collect this valuable data due to the scale and frequency with which our fleet of postal vehicles travel the streets of every community across the country,” the letter, posted by NALC Branch 238 to Facebook, reads.
The letter, written by the United States Postal Service (USPS) Labor Relations to Brian Renfroe, the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, says the USPS will partner with Next Base, a dashcam company, for the pilot. At the moment, the cameras will be used in the Washington, DC area, and will be installed on a hundred vehicles, the letter says.
On its website, Next Base offers a variety of dash cams, marketed to ordinary drivers, fleet operators, and ride share drivers. Its website says Next Base’s cameras record in up to 4K, and can capture every “license plate” with precision. The cameras don’t run automatic license plate reader (ALPR) software, though.
The letter continues, “Next Base cameras will scan and analyze roads, signage, maps roadways [sic] and sidewalks.” It says the cameras will be forward-facing, installed inside the trucks, and will begin recording as soon as the vehicle is in drive and away from the postal facility. “The cameras will not hinder the vehicle operator’s field of vision, nor does it record audio,” it adds.
The pilot was slated to start on September 21, and is expected to last several months, the letter says.
A spokesperson for the USPS told 404 Media in an email “The Postal Service is conducting a limited pilot to assess whether vehicle-mounted cameras can help identify roadway conditions and support community safety. The pilot includes privacy safeguards and requires no additional action from employees. Findings will inform any future decisions.”
USPS trucks already have 360 degree cameras that capture the outside of the vehicle for a period of time.
